West Ham vs Chelsea

Both West Ham and Chelsea are looking for a timely boost from this London derby amid indifferent form in the Premier League.

37 min: Chelsea counter and probably should score as Mudryk races down the left before cutting inside, but he picks the easy pass across to Fernandez in space when Felix had made a more aggressive run through the centre. Free-kick around 20 yards out, and it’s Felix lining it up... 40 min: Felix bends one around the wall but Fabianski gets across and parries away for a corner. Chelsea had the ball in the back of the net three times but only one counted, and Emerson’s equaliser against his old club cancelled out Joao Felix’s volley to leave them level at the break. January signings [Enzo Fernandez](/sport/football/declan-rice-enzo-fernandez-chelsea-transfer-news-b2278433.html), Mykhailo Mudryk and Nonu Madueke all start, while Mason Mount, Conor Gallagher and Hakim Ziyech are all benched. [Graham Potter](/topic/graham-potter)’s Blues are ninth and a gaping 10 points from the Champions League positions.

Joao Felix returns to the team having missed three games through suspension, and is joined by Noni Madueke and Ruben Loftus-Cheek as the players coming in.

[Enzo Fernandez](/en/teams/profile/enzo-fernandez) and [Mykhailo Mudryk](/en/teams/profile/mykhailo-mudryk). [Joao Felix](/en/teams/profile/joao-felix) returns to the team having missed three games through suspension, and is joined by [Noni Madueke](/en/teams/profile/noni-madueke) and [Ruben Loftus-Cheek](/en/teams/profile/ruben-loftus-cheek) as the players coming in. [Hakim Ziyech](/en/teams/profile/hakim-ziyech), [Conor Gallagher](/en/teams/profile/conor-gallagher) and [Mason Mount](/en/teams/profile/mason-mount) are the players making way.

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Bowen gets to the byline and cross. Coufal's cross is flicked on by Bowen and Emerson arrives late at the back post to turn it in against his former club. Antonio with a clever improvised flick is saved by Kepa and he can't quite follow up. West Ham wasted a counter just before when Bowen's pass to Antonio went straight at Mudryk. Chelsea, on the other hand, are in ninth place and 10 points away from a Champions League qualification spot having picked up a win against Crystal Palace and draws with Liverpool and Fulham. It had to be him.

Chelsea make the trip across London to take on West Ham in Saturday's early Premier League game with both sides in dire need of points.

Much better from David Moyes's side and they're enjoying a spell of pressure on the Chelsea goal. The Chelsea boss said: 'He’s a very gifted individual. 'It’s not necessarily about individuals, silver bullets that can come and fix your problems. Mudryk gets the ball on the left, he drives in and plays a lovely reverse ball in behind. But it hasn't been given despite a VAR check! Felix looked offside and after a neat chip over Fabianski he fired the rebound in off the post but the linesman's flag is up. The Hammers recycle the ball and Rice has a shot from distance but it's just wide of the post. West Ham break away and they have three on three but Bowen plays a poor pass and Mudryk intercepts the ball well. A fantastic whipped ball in from James and Antonio gets a crucial head on the ball but it flashes narrowly past the far post with Fabianski stranded. Antonio receives the ball to feet and performs a brilliant turn to take it past Badiashile and the Chelsea defender brings him down and is booked. This is better from Chelsea, Mount makes a nice run in behind and he fires in a cross but Fabianski intercepts and clears the ball away. James does brilliantly to win a 50-50 with Bowen but the West Ham man takes a knock in the face and the referee stops play.

West Ham host Chelsea on Saturday in a massive London derby as both teams aim to kick-start their respective campaigns with a much-needed victory.

Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio have been among the goals in recent games and there is a menacing look to West Ham on the counter. Emerson pops up at the back post and equalizes for West Ham against his former club Chelsea. Should have played the shot or played in Havertz earlier. Badiashile heads over the corner and should have got his effort on target, and he probably should have scored. Joao Felix is played in and he’s just offside. Madueke’s low shot is saved well by Fabianski, Felix whips in a dangerous cross and Mudryk then leads a counter but Enzo Fernandez can’t make the most of it. Chelsea looked superb in the first half as they scored a beauty with a perfectly timed pass over the top and they scored two others when they were just offside. Joao Felix put Chelsea ahead early on but Emerson Palmeri equalized in the first half, as the visitors also had two goals disallowed for offside and West Ham had what they thought was a late winner from Tomas Soueck ruled out for offside by VAR. Chelsea back on top now as they push to regain the lead. Enzo Fernandez ticked things over nicely in midfield and Chelsea had plenty of the ball but they just couldn’t control the tempo of the game for the full 90 minutes. HALF TIME: West Ham 1-1 Chelsea – What a great first half. Chelsea are on 31 points and remain in midtable.

Chelsea face a key Premier League test this weekend as they head across London to take on old rivals West Ham.

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Emerson Palmieri bin cancel Joao Felix opener. 45mins' +3 Chelsea pass am through di tightly-packed crowd for di midfield, with Mudryk trying to tee up Joao ...

53 mins' Lucasz Fabianski gather for di corner and immediately throw am out wide to Jarrod Bowen. 48 mins' Chelsea don return back to keeping West Ham pen back for their own half as dem keep possession well. Ogbonna cut am out but need Aguerd help to fully clear di danger. E no dey work though, and eventually, Fabianski cheaply put am out of play. Na Joao Felix take di free-kick dis time with Reece James stepping aside. 66 mins' Mudryk burst forward on di counter once more, though Rice step in neatly to stop am. One big penalty shout for di end and several disallowed goals... Chelsea, despite say dem dominate di first half, no get am right for di second half. E take VAR far too long to see dat! Dem have just one win from dia last nine games for di Premier League. Dem don also register back-to-back goalless draws for di league, wey no go give Graham Potter side a lot of confidence against one of dia city rivals. VAR don rule am out.

Chelsea are held to a third consecutive draw by West Ham; Graham Potters side denied a late penalty for Tomas Souceks apparent handball; Potter calls it a ...

Felix looked like a man making up for lost time in the first half. We didn't concede a second goal, which would have made it difficult to get back. He is sure to be central to any upturn in form. You are always rocked by the goal as that's football - we must learn from that. When there is a different human being in the room, so every single decision and action means you won't get the same one again. You have to accept that." We started the game well. "It's very hard to get consistency. "It hasn't been given so there is nothing for me to say. I didn't know Tomas [Soucek] could get down that quickly to make a save like that. West Ham, meanwhile, remain 15th and extend their unbeaten run to four games in all competitions. "I have no idea why this wasn't given as a penalty.